Wellness, Health, and Prevention   [Archived Catalog]
2010-2011 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook with Addendum
   

CC 656 - Wellness, Health, and Prevention


Prerequisite(s): CC 505  and CC 510  and CC 511  and CC 515  and CC 516 . This course provides an overview of the professional roles, activities, and contexts for clinical counselors focusing on physical and medical conditions. The major concepts of traditional health and rehabilitation are presented. The course also covers primary prevention activities through control of life style related habits involving substances, and dysfunctional habits in diet and exercise. The course also covers the concept of stress and ways of coping with stress through applied stress management techniques. A holistic biopsychosocial approach is used as a unifying framework. (3 credits)